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1.
... seldom allow an alcoholic to live in ...   BB p.97, Working With Others   Go to page 97 in the Big Book
We seldom allow an alcoholic to live in our homes for long at a time.

2.
... seldom any questions of timing or caution.   12&12 p.83, Step Nine
In this area there are seldom any questions of timing or caution.


3.
... seldom be interested in liquor.   BB p.84, Into Action   Go to page 84 in the Big Book
We will seldom be interested in liquor.

4.
... seldom can.   12&12 p.150, Tradition Five
Just as firmly bound by obligation are the members of Alcoholics Anonymous, who have demonstrated that they can help problem drinkers as others seldom can.

5.
Seldom did we look at character-building as ...   12&12 p.72, Step Seven
Seldom did we look at character-building as something desirable in itself, something we would like to strive for whether our instinctual needs were met or not.

6.
... seldom drank at home.   12&12 p.79, Step Eight
Our families didn't suffer, because we always paid the bills and seldom drank at home.


7.
... seldom had friends at our homes, never ...   BB p.105, To Wives   Go to page 105 in the Big Book
We seldom had friends at our homes, never knowing how or when the men of the house would appear.


8.
... seldom have been accomplished by years of ...   BB p.567(569), Appendix II, Spiritual Experience   Display entire Appendix II
What often takes place in a few months could seldom have been accomplished by years of self-discipline.

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... seldom keep the precious gift of sobriety ...   12&12 p.151, Tradition Five
It is the great paradox of A.A. that we know we can seldom keep the precious gift of sobriety unless we give it away.

10.
... seldom matter how haltingly we walk.   12&12 p.68, Step Six
It will seldom matter how haltingly we walk.


11.
... seldom mildly intoxicated.   BB p.21, There Is A Solution   Go to page 21 in the Big Book
He is seldom mildly intoxicated.


12.
... seldom play, do not laugh much.   BB p.132, The Family Afterward   Go to page 132 in the Big Book
Everybody knows that those in bad health, and those who seldom play, do not laugh much.


13.
... seldom suffices.   BB xxviii(xxvi), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
Frothy emotional appeal seldom suffices.


14.
... seldom takes long nor is it very ...   BB p.143, To Employers   Go to page 143 in the Big Book
In competent hands, this seldom takes long nor is it very expensive.


15.
... seldom told them the whole truth nor ...   BB p.73, Into Action   Go to page 73 in the Big Book
We have seldom told them the whole truth nor have we followed their advice.


16.
... seldom wise to approach an individual, who ...   BB p.77, Into Action   Go to page 77 in the Big Book
It is seldom wise to approach an individual, who still smarts from our injustice to him, and announce that we have gone religious.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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